Usage patterns 複ふく 雑ざつ な 気き 持も ち mixed feelings
Hearing about her marriage left me with mixed feelings.
複ふく 雑ざつ な 事じ 情じょう complicated circumstances
There seem to be complicated circumstances behind it.
〈 事こと 〉 が 複ふく 雑ざつ になる for a matter to become complicated
The story is getting complicated, so please explain it again.
〈 事こと 〉 を 複ふく 雑ざつ にする to make something complicated
The unnecessary conditions are making the problem more complicated.
Kanji 複 duplicate, double, compound Related words ややこしい is a colloquial word implying something troublesome or confusing to deal with, while 複雑 is neutral and works in formal writing too.
難解 focuses on being hard to understand or interpret (like a text or theory), whereas 複雑 emphasizes having many interconnected parts.
入り組む is a verb describing things (streets, circumstances) becoming tangled or intricate, often used as 入り組んだ , close in meaning to 複雑な .
複雑 describes something structurally intricate in a neutral sense, while 煩雑 adds the nuance of being troublesome and burdensome, especially for procedures or paperwork.
Opposites· 6 simple; plain; uncomplicated
複雑 means 'complicated', the direct opposite of シンプル 'simple/uncomplicated'.
複雑 means complicated or intricate, the opposite of the plain, uncomplicated quality expressed by 素朴 .
Show 3 more Show fewer 複雑 means 'complicated', contrasting with 簡略 , which describes something made simple or concise.
複雑 means complicated or intricate, contrasting with the uncomplicated plainness of 簡素 .
複雑 means complicated, the opposite of 簡単 in its sense of 'simple'.
Word family· 12 complexity; degree of complication
complication; becoming complicated
complexity · complex; complicated
complex system
complex and wide-ranging; labyrinthine
Show 5 more Show fewer complex and diverse; complicated and varied
complex and mysterious; complicated and inscrutable
complex and subtle; delicately intricate
complicated and mysterious; intricate and bizarre
compound fracture; complex fracture
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Written forms 複ふく 雑ざつ Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
フクザツ Usage <1%
Etymology Compound of 複 (multiple, compound) and 雑 (miscellaneous, mixed). The combination conveys the idea of many elements intermingled, hence 'complex'.
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